Talk:Timeline of Arlington, Texas

Year of establishment in Arlington?
-- M2545 (talk) 08:20, 25 June 2015 (UTC)
 * US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region IV headquarters
 * Wet 'n Wild (brand) amusement park


 * Arlington Convention Center

Simmy27star (talk) 01:29, 28 July 2020 (UTC)

7-27-2020 Getting more in the hang of it, please don't delete content for not having sources!! I will find my original sources and fix it up. My brain could only take one thing at a time haha. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Simmy27star (talk • contribs) 05:30, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

Re-find sources
Need to re-find sources for: William C. Weeks becomes mayor. -20th Century The city forms its first high school, and grades 8-11 met at South Side School. William C. Weeks becomes mayor again. The highway from Dallas to Arlington is widened and carries interstate traffic through the center of the city.
 * 1884 – Arlington incorporated in April of that year.
 * 1891 – Rice Wood Collins, a successful merchant, starts public well campaign for access to water.
 * 1896 –
 * William W. McNatt, a merchant and farmer, sells a portion of his farm to sell lots for burial. Many Arlington pioneers are buried thereafter.
 * 1900 –
 * 1903 –
 * Texas Legislative Act created the Arlington ISD. Local schools are taken over by the City of Arlington from Carlisle Military Academy.
 * Berachah Industrial Home for the Redemption of Erring Girls opens.
 * 1904 –
 * 1905 – First high school class graduates in Arlington
 * 1906 –
 * 1920 –
 * Population: 3,031.
 * Arlington adopts a home rule city charter.
 * 1921 –
 * 1923 - Arlington Cemetery Association is chartered, taking care of Arlington Cemetery.
 * 1927 – William Green Hiett becomes mayor of Arlington for the second time.

W. J. Pulley opens Pulley Footware. Texas state legislature grants Arlington Downs the first legal parimutuel betting permit. The city adopts the city manager form of government. Sister city relationship established with Bad Königshofen, Germany. Vandergriff family donates land that becomes Arlington Memorial Hospital Sam Houston High School opens. Forum 303 Mall and Six Flags Mall open. Lamar High School opens. Population: 90,643. Texas Rangers baseball team based in city. 1979 – The Oakridge School opens. 1982 – Martin High School opens. 1987 – Richard Greene becomes mayor, increasing funding for police and fire departments, developed plans for a new Texas Rangers ballpark, and led road construction programs. 1988 – River Legacy Foundation, a nonprofit 501 (c)(3), is formed as a public/private partnership with City of Arlington Parks and Recreation Department. 1989 – Mount Olive Baptist Church is rebuilt at 402 N. West St. 1991 – Tom J. Vandergriff is induced into the Texas Rangers Baseball Hall of Fame. 1994 – The Ballpark in Arlington opens. Richard Greene Linear Park opens in honor of the mayor. 1996 – Amber Hagerman is abducted and killed after riding her bike on Abram Street, and the Amber alert is established and named after her. 1997 – Elzie Odom becomes Arlington's first African-American mayor, focusing on expanding education as well as theater and arts in downtown. 1999 – Elzie Odom Athletic Center opens at 1601 N.E. Green Oaks Boulevard. ---21st century--- 2001 –Eastern Star Home closes facilities. 2002 – Mansfield Summit High School and Seguin High School open. 2003 – Robert Cluck becomes mayor. 2004 – Mansfield Timberview High School established. 2006 – Arlington celebrates its 135th birthday. 2007 - The Highlands shopping district opens. 2009 – Cowboys Stadium opens. 2012 – University of Texas's College Park Center opens. 2013 – Former Eastern Star Home is demolished. Arlington becomes the Fall location for retro gaming convention Retropalooza. 2017 – AISD opens the Dan Dipert Career and Technical Center after it was approved in a 2014 bond. 2018 – George W. Hawkes Central Library second location celebrates its grand opening. Arlington Convention Center re-opens as Esports Stadium Arlington & Expo Center, the largest dedicated esports facility in North America. 2020 – Globe Life Field celebrates a delayed opening for AISD high school graduation, and a few months later for a crowdless MLB game.
 * 1929 –
 * 1930 – U.S. Census shows Arlington population at 3,700.
 * 1932 – O.S. Gray founded a pecan nursery on West Division Street. He develops and makes five varieties of pecan trees.
 * 1933 –
 * 1938 –
 * The interurban rail line serving Arlington ceases operations on Christmas Eve.
 * 1940 – Population: 4,240.
 * 1943 - Tom J. Vandergriff, Arlington's future revolutionary mayor, graduates from Arlington High School.
 * 1949 –
 * 1950 - Population: 7,692.
 * 1952 –
 * 1953 – The city takes over the public library from Tarrant County.
 * 1956 –
 * Arlington High School moves to its second location on Park Row and Cooper.
 * Old Arlington High School building becomes Ousley Jr. High
 * Thornton Elementary School opens.
 * 1958 –
 * 1959 – The first candidates for a four-year bachelor's degree enroll at Arlington State College.
 * 1960 – Population: 44,775.
 * 1963 –
 * 1968 – AISD sells the old Arlington High School/Ousley Jr. High building to UTA, and the School of Social Work opens.
 * 1970 –
 * 1972 –
 * 1973 –
 * Central Library moves to its first Abram Street location.
 * Theatre Arlington opens.
 * Bowie High School opens.
 * 1974 – Dallas/Fort Worth Regional Airport opens.
 * 1976 – A monument for the famous Central St. Well is created in front of the George W. Hawkes Central Library's first location.